. >> narrator: by the late '90s, he'd earned the confidence of russia's first president, boris yeltsin. they were an odd couple-- the former spy and a progressive politician who was trying to bring democracy to russia. >> boris yeltsin decided to break totalitarianism, to crush what was left of communism, with a simple idea, which is maximum freedom first. >> narrator: before long, yeltsin promoted putin to lead the kgb's successor, the fsb. >> he undertakes this remarkable rise, basically having nothing to do with the center of power in moscow to running its most important security agency, working in the kremlin. >> narrator: putin convinced yeltsin that he shared the president's democratic goals. >> he's a professional liar. to lie is what he was taught in the intelligence school. he was pretending that he was going to pursue the same development of russia as yeltsin did. but that's all is just one big lie. >> another major shakeup in the kremlin-- yeltsin fires his entire cabinet again. who's in charge? >> (speaking russian) >> narrator: putin rose to become yeltsin's prime minister

russians turned on their president boris yeltsin and then came putin to stabilize the economy. and the russian people loved him ever since. the russians could easily turn on him if all goes to hell. seems like russia is about to repeat itself. russians might look elsewhere for leadership. joining me now monica crowley, former assistant secretary of the treasury department. all right, monica, what happens when the ruble becomes about as worthless as the zimbabwe currency? do they turn on vlad or what? >> yeah, the political pressure, jesse, is going to be absolutely enormous on president putin and, in fact, you are already seeing those trend lines developing in russia. you are seeing a lot of protests. you are seeing a lot of individuals being arrested. look, russia is now being canceled, right? i mean, between the fierce ukrainian resistance and the widespread international financial sanctions and boycotts and russian teams being barred from international competitions. russia is being canceled. it is a different world. this is not something that president putin ever had anticip

the man we're going to meet was a general and he was boris yeltsin�*s chief protection officer, so this was a man at the heart of power. he saw the president every day. alexander korzhakov is part of russian history. this is him, on the right, protecting president yeltsin when communist hard—liners attempted a coup. and he was there when world leaders came to visit. translation: everyone was afraid of me. - i was the bogeyman for many people. he denies being bribed with $10 million. but he says berezovsky and a local politician did try to buy his support for roman abramovich's plan. translation: then they tell me, "what percentage do you want? we'll give it to you." were they trying to bribe you then, do you think? translation: yeah, - because they were afraid that i would block the way for them. wherever mr abramovich's $10 million ended up, it seems to have worked. the kremlin agreed to support his plan and combined the valuable oil facilities. a giant oil company called sibneft was formed. it was then auctioned off. but the auction was rigged so roman abramovich would win. was this

the man we're going to meet was a general and he was boris yeltsin�*s chief protection officer, so this was a man at the heart of power. he saw the president every day. alexander korzhakov is part of russian history. this is him, on the right, protecting president yeltsin when communist hard—liners attempted a coup. and he was there when world leaders came to visit. translation: everyone was afraid of me. - i was the bogeyman for many people. he denies being bribed with $10 million. but he says berezovsky and a local politician did try to buy his support for roman abramovich�*s plan. translation: then they tell me, "what percentage do you want? we'll give it to you." were they trying to bribe you then, do you think? translation: yeah, - because they were afraid that i would block the way for them. wherever mr abramovich�*s $10 million ended up, it seems to have worked. the kremlin agreed to support his plan and combined the valuable oil facilities. a giant oil company called sibneft was formed. it was then auctioned off. but the auction was rigged so roman abramovich would win. wa

when president boris yeltsin sent a column of tanks into neighbor chechnya. the aim was to take chechnya's capital and take down its bid for independence. it did not go as planned. >> tonight, yeltsin is in serious trouble at home and abroad as a result of his clumsy and so far disastrous invasion of the breakaway chechnya. we are in the mountainous province that will not die. >> hundreds of champions headed to the center of grozny to see what was left of the russian army, who are wiped out there trying to capture the presidential palace. they made a tactical mistake of sending in their fighting vehicles without infantry support. they picked them off from rooftops and street corners. when the three-day battle was over, vehicles were scattered in the square. the chechens celebrated their victory against the mighty russian army with a traditional war. there is no place more symbolic and more important than their presidential palace. if residents do get reinforcements, they will probably try to take it again. these troops, not conscripts, have seen battle for th

mr abramovich's lawyers deny he was protected by boris yeltsin. they say there is no basis for alleging he has amassed very substantial wealth through criminality. sanctioned by the uk government last week, roman abramovich's secret past is finally catching up with him. richard bilton, bbc news. you are china has reported 5,280 new coronavirus cases, the highest number in two years. the country has sealed off an entire province in response to the surge in cases. seen as mats suits —— workers in hazmat suits. across the financial hub, schools, parks and cinemas have closed, and restrictions have been placed on travel. residents say they aren't panicking, but they are preparing. translation: ithink the epidemic _ preparing. translation: ithink the epidemic this _ preparing. translation: ithink the epidemic this year _ preparing. translation: ithink the epidemic this year is - preparing. translation: ithink the epidemic this year is worse l the epidemic this year is worse than the first year, but we shanghai people aren't really panicking, unlike

mr abramovich's lawyers deny he was protected by boris yeltsin. they say there is no basis for alleging he has amassed very substantial wealth through criminality. sanctioned by the uk government last week, roman abramovich's secret past is finally catching up with him. richard bilton, bbc news. the majority of ukraine's refugees have headed for poland. so far, most have been put up in people's homes. but for the thousands of ukrainian civilians who need medical care, the journey has been even more traumatic. my colleague lewis goodall is in the city of lublin and was given exclusive access to one of the biggest hospitals that has been taking in ukrainian patients. three weeks ago, 44 million people lived in ukraine. now, 1.7 million of those people, mainly women and children, live in poland. most are exhausted, some are sick, some need medical care, and some were pregnant. he is a boy. he's four days old, and he's not alone. at a hospital in the city of lublin, 60 miles from the border, babies have born in a country not their own, away from fathe

mr abramovich�*s lawyers deny he was protected by boris yeltsin. they say there is no basis for alleging he has amassed very substantial wealth through criminality. sanctioned by the uk government last week, roman abramovich�*s secret past is finally catching up with him. richard bilton, bbc news. new york's metropolitan opera held a special concert for ukraine monday night to offer solace and support to the country and its people. the performance was broadcast live internationally, including into ukraine. the proceeds from the sold—out performance will be donated to charities helping those in ukraine with relief efforts. the bbc�*s new york correspondent nada tawfik was there. at the famed 0pera at the famed opera house of the met show of solidarity with ukraine. in response to the haunting scenes from its besieged cities, ukraine's people and dignitary honoured with special performances. it began with the ukrainian national anthem sung by the best baritone as he stood centrestage with his hand over his heart. it centrestage with his hand ov

mr abramovich's - lawyers deny he was protected by boris yeltsin. they say there is no basis for alleging he has amassed a very substantial wealth through criminality. sanctioned by the uk government last week, roman abramovich's secret pastors finally catching up with him. the majority of ukraine's refugees have headed for poland. so far, most have been put up in people's homes. but for the thousands of ukrainian civilians who need medical care, the journey has been even more traumatic. lewis goodall is in the city of lublin and was given exclusive access to one of the biggest hospitals that has been taking in ukrainian patients. three weeks ago, 44 million people lived in ukraine. now, 1.7 million of those people, mainly women and children, live in poland. most are exhausted, some are sick, some need medical care, and some were pregnant. he is a boy. he's four days old, and he's not alone. at a hospital in the city of lublin, 60 miles from the border, babies have born in a country not their own, away from fathers they've never met, that they might

he was chosen by boris yeltsin, a democratically elected president. he made him acting president on the first day of the millennium, and then got him elected. it was ratified by the people. he wasn't an opposition figure. he was not a communist, not with the nationalists. he was part of the system. he was opportunist until he became president. another piece of your reporting is really important for people to understand. it's not a coincidence in my view that, as putin became more autocratic at home, he became more antagonistic to the democratic west. if you think about it, it makes sense. if you're an autocrat, you're threatened by democratic countries, and xi jinping has economic growth. for putin, it's always been the west is out to get us. if you look at the way he arc -- argues about why he innovated ukraine today, it's all about nazis. think about how crazy that is. it's the nazis leading ukraine out to get us, supported by the united states of america. it's the necessity to have this outside enemy as a way to legitimatize your autocracy back hom

roman i abramovich 's lies denied he abramovich �*s lies denied he was protected by boris yeltsin and says there is no evidence of it. roman abramovich �*s secret past is finally catching up secret past is finally catching up with him. richard bilton, bbc news. no in russia's apartment in open areas. in the capital, kyiv, 20 past six and it has been shaken by two large explosions. pictures capturing a projectile in the sky over here in the last hour. what is not clear is whether it was a russian strike or firing from ukrainian air force systems but residents continue preparations for a potential siege in kyiv. the majority of ukraine's refugees have headed for poland. so far, most have been put up in people's homes. but for the thousands of ukrainian civilians who need medical care, the journey has been even more traumatic. the bbc�*s lewis goodall is in the city of lublin and was given exclusive access to one of the biggest hospitals that has been taking in ukrainian patients. three weeks ago, 44 million people lived in ukraine. now, 1.7 million of those people, mainly women and

in 1992, the first president of modern russia, boris yeltsin would lead the country to the wild west of capitalism. debiting consequences to the economy and the well-being of its citizens. out of nowhere, in 2000, trampolines to the post of president was vladimir putin. but he was a nobody. how did he rise to power? putin's story begins in 1952. only child born in st. petersburg. his parents were factory workers. putin attended leningrad state university and studied law. 1975, he'd be an intelligence officer for the kgb. when the soviet union collapsed, he retired and returned home to work in local politics, becoming the mayor's head of external relations and first deputy mayor. when the liberal politician lost in 1996, putin moved his family to moscow, quickly climbing up the ladder in boris yeltsin's administration might eventually heading federal security. in 1999, he was appointed prime minister and in new year's eve, yelton shocked the world announcing his resignation, handpicking putin to be acting president. on his first day, president putin pardoned yeltsin. term limits force

we were supposed to meet with boris yeltsin. yet just come back from a summit with clinton and was indisposed. but he did have us meet with his national security council. they brought up the question of nato membership for russia towards the end of the meeting. these were the guys and they were all guys who had all the intelligence and they were not pleased about the possibility of nato enlargement, but they were not worried. putin himself discussed russia joining as late as 2001. in terms of humiliating russia or not accumulating russia, there is a tendency to look at putin's 2007 speech and then work towards to validate it. it was just fantasy. my one example i would like to give its the document. the russians felt they needed to edit more weaponry down there in the caucuses. they had to get it approved by the parties to the agreement. i was put in charge of getting it to the u.s. senate. this was after the first chechen war. the idea that they were humiliated is just plain wrong. i cannot agree more with kimberly that the cos

when president boris yeltsin sent a column of tanks into neighbor chechnya. the aim was to take checking's capital and take down its bid for independence. it did not go as planned. >> tonight, yeltsin is in serious trouble at home and abroad as a result of his clumsy and so far disaster it's invasion of the breakaway chechnya. we are in the mountainous province that will not die. >> hundreds of champions headed to the center of grozny to see what was left of the russian army, who are wiped out there trying to capture the presidential palace. they made a tactical mistake of sitting in their fighting vehicles without infantry support. they picked them off from rooftops and street corners. when the three-day battle was over, vehicles were scattered in the square. the chechen celebrated their victory against the mighty russian army with a traditional war. there is no place more symbolic and more important than their presidential palace. if residents do get reinforcements, they will probably try to take it again. these troops, not conscripts, have seen battle for

by 1999, an ailing boris yeltsin was nearing the end of his presidency and looking for a savior himself. his administration was the focus of a massive corruption investigation. having parceled out much of russia's wealth to a band of oligarchs and allowed aides and family members to enrich themselves in the process, there was fear in the yeltsin camp about what might happen if his successor proved less than understanding. he'd already hired and fired four prime ministers before anointing vladimir putin. >> well, i think what they saw in him was that he had protected sobchak, and as they said, "he didn't give up sobchak and he's not gonna give us up." >> how vulnerable were they at the time? >> very vulnerable. >> narrator: but there was a problem. putin was a faceless bureaucrat unknown to the public who would have to win an election if he was to become president of the country and protector of the yeltsin family. as in st. petersburg, an instant biography was commissioned. nataliya gevorkyan was on the writing team. she now lives in paris. >> what was the narrative that they wanted out

boris yeltsin was the first democratically elected president. obviously, putin needed a main event that would place him on a pedestal as the alpha male, something he'd be remembered for forevermore. reporter: but in the meantime, there's plenty that putin would rather the russian people not know about. for days, the state-run television denied there was any fighting in kyiv. it didn't say a word about attacks on civilian targets or even use the term “war.” people bring donations for the refugees being evacuated to russia from ukraine's separatist-controlled areas. many russians think the tanks are only being sent in to defend these regions. >> of course, i support our putin. this isn't a war, it's only a special military operation. reporter: but younger russians in particular are hearing other news reports on social media. shortly before the invasion, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made a direct appeal to russians for support. president zelensky: i know that my address won't be shown on russian television, but the russian citizens ou

boris and the yeltsin group were discredited and they turned to putin and putin became the successor. boris was assassinated less than a generation later and it is one of those historical accidents of timing that can sometimes change the whole trajectory, the pathways of a country. we got putin for a generation instead of not only boris but a group of young leaders who would have had a very different approach toward setting russia onto a future that would look different from the one we are seeing now with bombs raining down on apartment buildings in a neighboring country. host: let's talk to frank in oakland, california. good morning. caller: good morning. great conversation and deeper dive into the history. really appreciate it. i have been a history buff in college but i have a couple of questions and a comment related to my experience as a young man in the cuban missile crisis. i served in the u.s. air force and the cuban missile crisis and the indochina war in a unit that was in command and control of nuclear missiles and armed p52s. my life experience, i have experienced the cuba

boris yeltsin was the first democratically elected president. obviously, putin needed a main event that would place him on a pedestal as the alpha male, something he'd be remembered for forevermore. reporter: but in the meantime, there's plenty that putin would rather the russian people not know about. for days, the state-run television denied there was any fighting in kyiv. it didn't say a word about attacks on civilian targets or even use the term “war.” people bring donations for the refugees being evacuated to russia from ukraine's separatist-controlled areas. many russians think the tanks are only being sent in to defend these regions. >> of course, i support our putin. this isn't a war, it's only a special military operation. reporter: but younger russians in particular are hearing other news reports on social media. shortly before the invasion, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made a direct appeal to russians for support. president zelensky: i know that my address won't be shown on russian television, but the russian citizens ou

in the 1990s, boris yeltsin tried to turn russia into a democracy. when that failed, putin took it back to its imperial past, aggressively asserting russia's right to defend itself by dominating its neighbours. the question now is whether this fight will go global, and divide the world into two mutually antagonistic blocks. china and russia are bonded by a shared antipathy to american power. china does not want putin weakened, or the west strengthened. but it will be dismayed that this is precisely what putin's war has achieved. the war threatens to roll back decades of economic globalisation. beijing does not want that either. this is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. it is also a fight between two conflicting worldviews. putin wants a return to something like the yalta settlement of 1945, which divided europe into spheres of interest and gave russia domination of eastern europe. the west wants the values of the helsinki final act of 1975, which recognised the rights of sovereign, independent states to choose their own destinies and al

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one of the reasons for his popularity, i think, is because he came into office following boris yeltsin and basically said, for lack of a better term, you know, we're gonna make russia great again. and to a certain extent, he did the economy that got better the, you know, the rubel got stronger people started to feel good about their country again. and you can't underestimate how that affects people on a day to day basis. so that's definitely something that underpins is the reason why i titled my book bears in the streets. people kept saying to me, oh, you in the west, i'll think we just have bears wandering in the streets here. and we don't, you know, they're there. they want us to know that they are a serious country and they're there, a country that matters. so, and that in that way, i think they do support what putin is trying to do. we knew, although we'd like this to be reality, he can't keep his compatriots in the dark forever about the war in ukraine. what do you think it would take to, to tip public opinion against what appears to be this silent acceptance of repression and sup

one of the reasons for his popularity, i think, is because he came into office following boris yeltsin and basically said, for lack of a better term, you know, we're going to make russia great again. and to a certain extent, he did the economy that got better the, you know, the rubel got stronger people started to feel good about their country again. and you can't underestimate how that affects people on a day to day basis. so that's definitely something that underpins. it's the reason why i titled my book bears in the streets. people kept saying to me, oh, you in the west all think we just have bears wandering in the streets here. and we don't, you know, they're there. they want us to know that they are a serious country and they're, they're a country that matters. so, and that in that way, i think they do support what putin is trying to do. we knew, although, who would like this to be reality? he can't keep his compatriots in the dark forever about the war in ukraine. what do you think it would take to, to tip public opinion against what appears to be this silent acceptance of repres

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one of the reasons for his popularity, i think, is because he came into office following boris yeltsin and basically said, for lack of a better term, you know, we're going to make russia great again. and to a certain extent, he did the economy, got better the, you know, the rubel got stronger people started to feel good about their country again. and you can't underestimate how that affects people on a day to day basis. so that's definitely something that underpins. it's the reason why i titled my book bears in the streets. people kept saying to me, oh, you in the west all think we just have bears wandering in the streets here. and we don't, you know, they're there. they want us to know that they are a serious country and they're there, a country that matters. so, and that in that way, i think they do support what putin is trying to do. we knew, although, who would like this to be reality? he can't keep his compatriots in the dark forever about the war in ukraine. what do you think it would take to to tip public opinion against what appears to be this silent acceptance of repression an

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it is interesting seeing the kind of slide in russia from the semi—democracy of the 19905 under boris yeltsin to a darker authoritarianism under early putin, to what we have now which is, essentially, a totalitarian — a full—blown totalitarian society, i would argue — with censorship, restrictions on access to real information and so on. and, look, there are some very, very... ivan and other russian colleagues, very many brave russian journalists out there, let's not forget people like anna politkovskaya who was murdered in 2006 and other journalists subsequently. it is a difficult profession and most pf the investigative reporters i work with on a number of stories including the panama papers have been forced to flee, including some in recent months, and we have also seen pressure on foreign journalists. i was the first western reporter to be thrown out of russia since the ussr in 2011. and of course since then the bbc�*s sarah rainsford, a fine reporter, has been deported. and there is a sense of pressure on everybody of almost orwellian control. and as all of you in your di

yeltsin in the 1900 ninety's. he was the architect of russia's post soviet economic reforms. i should my borrow has more from moscow, holy officials, he had laid down the significance of the resignation of an inch of ice. dmitri pasco, this most personal, the kremlin fed that shall bice resigned on his own accord and went about whether he left or not. he said whether he left on this is his own business of shield. here from the start of the military campaign, which decor, special operation in ukraine have always portraying a united stance in the united formed by saying that the reason why we have to interfere because situations have evolved into creating situations that pose a serious threat to national security. of, of russia, and this is why we have interfere and that's what it was. a key architect in the early ninety's during the full president yeltsin and privatizing the public sector, introducing a mass economic reforms and liberalizing the government. and then he became space also to president putin and also

in the 1990s, boris yeltsin tried to turn russia into a democracy. when that failed, putin took it back to its imperial past, aggressively asserting russia's right to defend itself by dominating its neighbours. the question now is whether this fight will go global, and divide the world into two mutually antagonistic blocks. china and russia are bonded by a shared antipathy to american power. china does not want putin weakened, or the west strengthened. but it will be dismayed that this is precisely what putin's war has achieved. the war threatens to roll back decades of economic globalisation. beijing does not want that either. this is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. it is also a fight between two conflicting world views. putin wants a return to something like the yalta settlement of 1945, which divided europe into spheres of interest and gave russia domination of eastern europe. the west wants the values of the helsinki final act of 1975, which recognised the rights of sovereign, independent states to choose their own destinies and a

in the 1990s, boris yeltsin tried to turn russia into a democracy. when that failed, putin took it back to its imperial past, aggressively asserting russia's right to defend itself by dominating its neighbours. the question now is whether this fight will go global, and divide the world into two mutually antagonistic blocks. china and russia are bonded by a shared antipathy to american power. china does not want putin weakened, or the west strengthened. but it will be dismayed that this is precisely what putin's war has achieved. the war threatens to roll back decades of economic globalisation. beijing does not want that either. this is a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. it is also a fight between two conflicting worldviews. putin wants a return to something like the yalta settlement of 1945, which divided europe into spheres of interest and gave russia domination of eastern europe. the west wants the values of the helsinki final act of 1975, which recognised the rights of sovereign, independent states to choose their own destinies and al

since boris yeltsin rule in the ninety's, he was the architect of russia's post soviet economic reforms. a russian investigative journalist has been killed in ukraine during a russian bombing campaign. oksana belinda was reporting in the key as for the inside a website. she god, while philly in the city, alina previously worked for russian opposition. figure lexi nevada, nice anti corruption foundation and had left russia the un security council as rejected a resolution drafted by russia on the humanitarian crisis in ukraine. it made no reference to moscow's attacks. only russia and china voted in favor of the resolution while other the 13 other members, abstained. kristen salome reports from the united nations. 86 countries co sponsored ukraine's resolution in the general assembly, demanding humanitarian access to civilians and an end to russia's aggression. it will santa fall home message came as conf contributing to a breakthrough in humanitarian action on the ground and making the aggressive stop . it's on provoked war france. one of the resolutions authors described the war as a th

yeltsin in the 1900 ninety's. he was the architect of russia's post soviet economic reforms. let's bring in hashem. i have a buyer in moscow hash him. what more do we know about this pat resignation? how significant visit if it's confirmed? for the officials, he had laid down the significance of the resignation of anatole inch of ice demetri, passcode there spokesperson the kremlin said that she buys a resigned on his own his own accord. and when asked about or whether he left or not, he said whether he left or not. this is his own business officials here from the start of the military campaign, which should the course special operation in ukraine have in all was portraying a united stance and the united font by saying that the reason why we had to interfered because situations have evolved into creating a situation that pose a serious threat to national security of the super aurora of russia. and this is why we have interfere and natalie twice, as you said, was like he architect in the early ninety's dear during

brian: they whispered-his ear, boris yeltsin is dead and they had to cut it off. was there something off? >> looking at his speeches at the distancing at those tables even with his own closest team, his minister of defense and his chief of general staff. having those two guys at the far end of a 40-foot table is strange. there is a general view that's broadly held that two years of isolation during covid where he was surrounded only by sycophants and some of the thugs that have been with him from the kgb, that this is a different guy. he has become more rash and in fact made some serious mistakes as we discussed. and has even been reckless. i think it russian elites as well as xi jinping expected him to take eastern ukraine and stop. brian: the former ambassador to russia talked about what vladimir putin will probably do next. >> i think he wants to get victory as he understands it. but he should not be deceived by the idea it will stop with ukraine. ukraine can only be the next stage of ways an escalating ladder which he climbs to the top from where he can only g

yeltsin he supported the choice but grew increasingly critical and was pushed to the margins of russian political life and infrared 2015 cannot be properly trained the shop for times and talk potential personal control of the investigation into the murder of the killer remain that large. 2013 the self self-styled taken in the late 19 nineties was instrumental for this rise to power with the media campaign with two tend to succeed and then fell out leaving russia for a exile in the uk. the distance emboldened him the radioactive substance with a former kgb agent who became a leading critic and and make killed him by slipping the radioactive material into his t. then found dead inside of a locked bathroom in his home with the noose around his neck that was deemed a suicide but the coroner's office cannot determine the cause of death. it goes on and on. why do we care about any of this? now we have this document from the carnegie endowment of international peace and neocon operation no doubt. the federal contractor is behind this. putin is not so secret mercenaries and the wagner group thi

oligarchs previously pulled the strings of boris yeltsin, - the strings of boris yeltsin, oligarchy is a society ruled by a few people and the oligarchs are the few people and the oligarchs are the few people and the oligarchs are the few people pulling the strings of president yeltsin. what has happened since president putin has been in power is that he has become the ultimately powerful person, and the billionaires, perhaps the better phrase that has arisen during his time are not the old oligarchs like roman abramovich, but these new ones like alexey miller, but we have seen people from both groups being sanctioned today. find people from both groups being sanctioned today.— sanctioned today. and roman abramovich, _ sanctioned today. and roman abramovich, owner _ sanctioned today. and roman abramovich, owner of - sanctioned today. and roman| abramovich, owner of chelsea football club, put that up for sale a week ago. he faces, a prohibition on transactions with uk individuals and businesses so he cannot do business with anyone in the uk. he faces a travel ban. i don't know where

if we flew into space under gorbachev, we had perestroika iraqi boris yeltsin was the 1st democratically elected president . gall obviously person needed a main event that would place him on a pedestal. as the alpha male thought something he'd be remembered for, for evermore, for yes, thought that she would have thought supplements of him. let him that i know. but in the meantime, there's plenty that put him, would rather the russian people not know about it for days. the state run television to night, there was any fighting and keys got, but it didn't say a word about a tax on civilian targets if you'd like, or even use the term war. and people bring donations for the refugees being evacuated to russia from ukraine. separate is controlled areas. many russians think the tanks are only being sent in to defend these regions yet, but usually of course, i support our putin. this isn't a war, it's only a special military operation. it's a bit antsy deal for younger russians in particular are hearing other news reports on social media. shortly before the invasion, ukrainian president followed

in the early 1990's and 1991, we were invited by vladimir putin's predecessor boris yeltsin to set up a physical bureau in moscow, so we have had that bureau in operation now for 32 years. and, unfortunately we have been given -- unfortunately, given the trajectory of pressure against journalists inside russia and a conflict that we have been having with the kremlin for quite some time even before the war in ukraine where we refused to label our content in the way that the kremlin wanted us to as the product of a foreign agent media outlet we were forced to suspend physical operations at our moscow bureau. the risks are too extreme for journalists inside russia. anyone who reports the facts about what is happening can face treason charges and potentially a 15 year prison sentence. and, journalists are being harassed and driven out of the country. given that brought outlook we decided to pause operations on our moscow bureau. we are still serving russian audiences and providing news and information throughout the day online to millions of russians and we are committed to doing that and

one of the reasons for his popularity, i think, is because he came into office following boris yeltsin and basically said, for lack of a better term, you know, we're going to make russia great again. and to a certain extent, he did the economy, got better the, you know, the rubel got stronger people started to feel good about their country again. and you can't underestimate how that affects people on a day to day basis. so that's definitely something that underpins is the reason why i titled my book bears in the streets. people kept saying to me, oh, you in the west all think we just have bears wandering in the streets here. and we don't, you know, they're there. they want us to know that they are a serious country and they're there, a country that matters. so in that, in that way, i think they do support what putin is trying to do. we knew, although who would like this to be reality? he can't keep his compatriots in the dark forever about the war in ukraine. what do you think it would take to to tip public opinion against what appears to be this silent acceptance of repression and sup

only two invaded again three years later when president boris yeltsin, newly named prime minister, vladimir putin launched a disastrous assault. russian tanks rolled into chechnya. this time, russian forces to good control. it is the same brutality we are seeing today. boudin's army pounding towns in residential areas. similar to the resistance in chechnya, ukrainians are fighting back and still hold the keys. boudin has double down bombing maternity hospitals. forcing survivors to emerge risk being bombed again as they flee. the dad left in mass graves. the harder we saw is here again. join me now is vladimir carmel czar. i feel so lucky to see you. you said this before. i got this from you. i will say what you said to me back to you. boudin does this because he keeps getting away with it. he got away with it in syria. he got away with it and changing up. how do we avoid the same outcome we see in chet sheena which is a puppet government. >> thank you for reminding your views. the war in chechnya is vladimir putin's original sin. it is not just the war but the bombings in apartments in rus

he worked for president boris yeltsin in the '90s. he got putin, to work for president putin. i think it seems to be an indication that there are those uncomfortable with what president putin is doing in ukraine and aren't prepared to stand by him. when you look at this, this is an isolated incident. it is far from an indication that the kremlin is cracking. that people are flooding from a sinking ship. this is an indication at the moment of one or two key insiders moving out. and the indications are that it has been spotted in turkey. but people in his position to hang around in russia and to have an anti-kremlin position would be extremely dangerous right now. putin is essentially trying to put a lid on any kind of dissent. he may well be a wanted person, or a not wanted person, if you will, back in moscow. an indication at least that there are those insiders who find what putin is doing distasteful, and getting out of the way. it is not possible to voice dissent and change the voice of the kremlin. that's the reality. you cannot work, it appears, as an insider against the k

petersburg, to president boris yeltsin's right hand man, in just six years. that rise, in part, to his handling of a russian crisis. >> the chechen war started. this basically was what catapulted putin to the presidency. lisa: in 1999, putin took over and unleashed hell in chehnya, a scorched-earth assault that left thousands of civilians dead. as putin surged, yeltsin plummeted. facing criticism and health problems, yeltsin resigned, making putin president on the eve of the millenium. his survival was tied to russia's. he stabilized and breathed new life into the economy. businesses opened, poverty dropped. pres. bush: i looked the man in the eye, i found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. i was able to get the sense of his soul. lisa: and putin warmed to the west, an ally after september 11, smiling and shaking hands across the world. but while he touted democracy, putin was, in fact, building a government of one man. but barely a year into his rule, terrible missteps that echoed from his soviet past -- the kursk. 118 sailors perished after a s

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peters rk in the 90s, all the office workers had the standard portrait of boris yeltsin, the president in their offices. putin had a portrait of peter the great. that's we are he took inspiration. that's how he saw himself. and so any outcome that leaves him looking weak or leaves him looking like he has -- he has blinked or seeded ground he would not find acceptable. >> he would view that as paralysis of power. i want to go to the viewer question. this viewer asks, what do you think will be the end game with all of this? how long are we looking at? i know it's hard. you don't have a crystal ball but given what you know about putin, what would you say to this viewer. >> well, i mean there are biographies and intelligence analysts who would give more informed views. mine is based on what he has written. you know, it's very hard to estimate or guess how long this conflict will go on. but when you think of an end game, i think you end up with a various unthinkable scenarios. the ukrainians have shown relink issuing assembles of nationhood is unthinkable to them even if they are able to fe

it started under boris yeltsin. but when it wasn't going well, he brought in vladimir putin as the new prime minister. then he spent more than eight years leveling the place mercilessly and that's really his mo. is when he's not winning on the ground, he just takes to the air and bombs the heck out of it. >> that's exactly right and he has other tricks up his sleeve, possible amphibious assault to come up from the sea. he could use a chemical weapon, he's flooding in this terrible wagner group. he's going to continue to pull it out. jeremy knows this well from our work together at defense. do not underestimate vladimir putin. he has a ways to go yet, unfortunately. >> and we have breaking news for both of you. the cia announcing that director bill burns has tested positive for covid. director burns is fully a vaccinated. he was boosted and saw president biden yesterday morning during a socially-distanced briefing. he was wearing an n 95 mask during that meeting, according to his office. jeremy, you know the cia dire